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The Battle Against Bias in Belmont

February 11, 2024

If Mia Giatrelis has her way, the world will someday be more accepting, and she is doing her part to help make that happen. In 2021, while a junior at Belmont High School, the Tufts University sophomore founded Born Without Bias. The…

News

Town Meeting Set to Decide Fate of Chenery Park Revitalization

February 10, 2024

The Belmont Recreation Department has submitted applications for more than $1 million in Community Preservation Act funds to upgrade the Chenery Park complex. Town Meeting will hear a presentation and vote on this and other applications in the spring. According to Recreation…

Sports

Belmont Boys Swim Captures Middlesex League Crown

February 9, 2024

The large scoreboard in the back of Bentley University’s Dana Center pool room said it all. Congratulations Belmont Middlesex League Champions!!! The Belmont High School boys swim team won the seven-team Middlesex League on Jan. 31, beating second-place Watertown-Arlington Co-op by a…

Lifestyle

It’s Feb. 9, National Pizza Day

February 9, 2024

It's National Pizza Day. We are grateful to the unnamed person who decided on the designation. Our group of pizza fans checked out the offering at Belmont Pizza.…

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Sports

From Belmont to Bowdoin: Teammates Reflect on Basketball Partnership

February 7, 2024

Jess Giorgio, a Bowdoin College women’s basketball team forward, snatched an offensive rebound off the glass. Wedged in an awkward position below the backboard and hounded by a pair of Maine Maritime defenders, the 6-foot-2-inch senior forward did what she’s done for…

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Sports

Marauder Sports Reporter Club a Hit with Students, Community

February 6, 2024

The morning after a Belmont High School boys’ soccer game this past fall, BHS junior forward Andrey Leshchiner approached classmate Royce Pang with a compliment, not about the latter’s performance on the field – Pang doesn’t play soccer – but regarding his…

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Business

Belmont Tunes in to Want List Records

February 5, 2024

As Hunter Mack gazed at vinyl-filled shelves and pointed out favorite musicians, he smiled and said, “It’s amazing.” The Arlington resident had seen signs on the 113 Trapelo Road storefront announcing Want List Records and was excited to be able to stop…

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Lifestyle·News

Unexpected Wedding Guests Create ‘Beautiful Moment’ For Newlyweds

February 4, 2024

For one Belmont couple, a quiet wedding ceremony at Town Hall was all they had planned on Friday. No music, dancing, or long guest list – just a brief ceremony to solidify their relationship. But as the newlyweds Oleksiy Potapov and Ella…

News

Select Board Votes to Request $8.4 Million Override to Ballot

February 2, 2024

Following months of discussion, the Select Board voted Tuesday morning to put forward an $8.4 million Proposition 2½ override for voters to decide on this spring. “We appreciate the magnitude of this,” Select Board Chair Roy Epstein said Tuesday morning. “It’s impossible…